Building a Slotcar version of my RC Rally track was the next logical bound to happen thing to do after building a drive able computer game version of the rc track.
A designed the track based on my measurements using the Carrera Slotcar Track Planner. Unfortunately we only have the “cheap” Carrera Go track – which actually has lot of potential when you replace the stock power supply with an adjustable lab power supply, replace the throttle controller with some old-school Carrera Servo 140 controllers and hook the whole thing up to your computer for some accurate lap timing.
Here is my modified Carrera Slotcar Power-Control-Timing Setup:
Here is the Carrera Slotcar Track-Planner Render:
Here is a my RC backyard track re-created in Torcs to be enjoyed on a PC or Linux machine near you :-)
Simply download Torcs, install it, unpack the backyard3.zip file and move the folder into your torcs dirt track folder.
Watch the Video of my Torcs RC Car Track here or read the blog post here.
Here are some Torcs RC car track screenshots:
It seemed like a fun idea to build a drive-able computer car racing game based on our R/C backyard track and our Subaru Tamiya Rally car. Needless to say that it does not come even close to any of today’s Xbox360 or PS3 games, but that wasn’t the point in the first place. Driving my own track on the computer while looking at the “real thing” out of the window still makes me happy :-)
With the initial experience and all the measurements taken I am really tempted to build the whole thing on XNA Express to make it playable on the 360. I am afraid they will have released 3 new models of the 360 until I figure it all out though…
We finally had some decent rain which allowed me to run the RC car in the mud, dirt and rain. However, due to the high amount of clay in our soil the whole race track turned into a gigantic slip and slide. The car had absolutely no Continue Reading »
Everyone with a Tamiya model in North America has the chance to win little prices once a month by submitting their car, truck or military model to the builder showcase.
The drawing for first price is random, so don’t be disappointed if your model is the best looking but didn’t win.
Click on the photolink of my Subuaru WRC in the mud to check out the Tamiya Builders Showcase.
Infomation on how to submit your model can be found on the Tamiya website.
Finally a little bit of rain and some mud on the track. Rally racing is just so much more fun in the rain.
Take a look at the RC Rally pictures of the day.
This video shows the corners and jumps in slowmotion, and the rest of the track at actual speed.
This video show the RC Rally car at normal speed. The average lap time is 18 seconds. Check out the timing page for more details.
This video shows the Subaru in slowmotion at 25% of the actual speed. Check out the laserbeam coming visible in the dust.
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